"I'll show you the life of the mind …"

Bloom County was a huge piece of my political awakening as a teen. In high school, I campaigned for George Bush, the 1st. I was a typical white teenager out of the Reagan years who grew up “middle class”.

Then I started reading Bloom County in the paper. I was hooked. I started reading more. Hunter S. Thompson at some point. Huxley. Fitzgerald. Orwell. Kerouac. Bukowski.

All b/c of Bill and Opus.

Haven’t really looked at them in years. Debated just giving them to Izzy, but figured someone may need them more right now in these times of Trump.